Nature vs Nurture: What Has The Greatest Effect on Coffee Quality?
By how many points can a producer increase their coffee’s cupping score? Good farming practices will highlight a coffee’s best features and reduce the risk ...read more
Ivan is a Social Media content manager and staff writer at Perfect Daily Grind, based in Brazil
Conical vs Flat Burr Coffee Grinders: What’s The Difference?
Your grinder is one of the most important pieces of coffee equipment you’ll own, whether you’re a café owner or a home brewer. A poor-quality ...read more
Crema: How It’s Formed, What It Tells Us, & How to Learn From It
Espresso is a complex beverage characterised by a signature layer of crema. For some, the crema is seen as a fundamental part of the espresso. ...read more
Barista vs Machine: The Role of High-Tech Coffee Shop Equipment
Try to imagine a coffee shop without a barista. Now try to imagine it without an espresso machine. Which seems the most improbable? Machines have ...read more
Coffee Processing: Exploring Naturals, Pulped Naturals, & Honeys
What unites naturals, pulped naturals, and honeys? They dry with all or some of the cherry attached. But what separates them? Quite a lot. Broadly ...read more
How Packaging Material Impacts Green Coffee Quality Over Time
Sensorial degradation in green coffee can represent significant financial losses for producers, traders, and roasters. Yet while a certain degree of degradation over time may ...read more
Why Caparaó, Brazil Is Winning Specialty Coffee Awards
Caparaó, Brazil has been increasingly present on specialty coffee shop menus. Producers are focusing on quality and, as a result, their coffees are ranking high ...read more
Can Coffee Quality & Environmental Sustainability Go Hand in Hand?
The future of coffee production is tied to a healthy environment. Climate change poses a threat to the amount of fertile land available for farmers ...read more
Pressure Profiles, Pulsing & The 3 Phases of Espresso Extraction
Espresso extraction might be quick, but it’s not simple. Both chemically and physically, there’s a lot going on inside that coffee puck when you pull ...read more
Inside World Coffee Producers Forum 2019
Last week, on July 10th and 11th, one of the most important events related to coffee production took place in Brazil. The second World Coffee ...read more
Gravimetric vs Timed Grinders: The Espresso Consistency Debate
The majority of high-end coffee grinders used for espresso dose by time, yet all official SCA standards are defined by weight. So, what’s the difference? ...read more
What Role Can Machinery Play in Specialty Coffee Processing?
Sometimes, it’s hard to separate the concept of specialty coffee from something artisanal and small-scale. It’s the human knowledge and care, we think, that produces ...read more
How Ground Coffee Temperature Causes Uneven Espresso Extraction
Are you concerned about the 3ºC variation in the water temperature inside your espresso machine’s group head? Yes? Well, what if I told you that ...read more
Taking a Look at Brazil’s Specialty Coffee Industry During ICW
Welcome to Brazil, the world’s largest coffee producer. What happens here shapes the coffee industry around the globe. So it’s no surprise that 20,000 people ...read more
How To Improve Consistency When Making Espresso-Based Drinks
A specialty coffee shop receives a bad review. “The espresso wasn’t as good as last time,” the review says. “The shop has gone downhill.” The ...read more
Introducing Belo Horizonte, Brazil: A Capital of Coffee
Welcome to Belo Horizonte, Brazil: a coffee-lover’s paradise. The city is the capital of Minas Gerais, a state that produces more coffee than any other ...read more